Mail Sorter

Royal Mail; Poole; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading postal and delivery service is looking for a Mail Sorter at the Dorset Mail Centre. In this permanent role, you will work 20 hours per week between Monday and Friday, managing various tasks such as sorting mail and operating machinery. Competitive pay at £13.06 per hour, with additional benefits including paid overtime and holiday. Join a team dedicated to delivering for the local community.

Benefits

Paid overtime

22.5 days holiday

Contributory pension scheme

Full uniform provided

Various discounts on high street vouchers and gym memberships

Qualifications

• Must be independent and motivated.
• Enjoy working in a dynamic setting with targets.
• Ability to adapt to various indoor roles in a warehouse.

Responsibilities

• Unloading mail from vans and moving it around.
• Sorting parcels and letters manually.
• Operating machinery and maintaining workflow within the sorting chain.

Skills

Upbeat

Self-motivated

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Strong sense of community

Job description

Overview

Mail Sorter

Job Reference: 325134

Location: Dorset Mail Centre, BH17 0AA

Job type: Permanent contract

Hours: 20 hours per week, working 5 days across Mon-Fri, working between 17:15 and 21:15

There has never been a more exciting time to join us! We are reinventing Royal Mail for the future and now is a perfect time to join us on that journey.

Each year, we make billions of deliveries possible. Because for us, it’s personal. For every person, from every walk of life, we deliver. And you could be part of the team that makes it happen. Bring trust to the doorstep as a Mail Sorter. Keeping our Mail Centres running like clockwork. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. So that together we can deliver for the people.

It’s a shift like no other centre you will cover various indoor roles in a warehouse environment. On your feet and keeping up the pace. Changing from one task to another along the sorting chain, you could be unloading mail from vans, moving it around in trolleys, sorting parcels and letters manually or operating machinery. A mail centre can process over a million items in a shift and you’ll be a valuable part of making that happen. And you take it in your stride. Because we deliver much more than just letters and parcels. We deliver for the nation. Interested? Join us and make a difference to the place you call home.

A Bit About You

• Upbeat, independent and self-motivated
• Happy in a fast-paced environment
• Have a strong sense of community and want to take pride in what you do
• Looking for a role with targets to hit and challenges to overcome

What We Do For You

To deliver on our ambition we want the best and that’s why we’re delighted to offer competitive pay and benefits for a permanent role within our sector. For bringing your best and serving our customers with pride, you can expect to receive:

• A guaranteed hourly rate of £13.06p/h (paid monthly and adjusted to your working hours if part time)
• Paid overtime, with an enhanced rate of x1.25 for more than 40 hours a week
• 22.5 days holiday, rising with length of service (adjusted to your working hours if part time) and the option to buy extra leave each year
• Contributory pension scheme
• Lots of opportunity to develop a career
• Full uniform provided if you’re on a contract of longer than three months
• Excellent parental leave policy
• Various discounts including high street vouchers, travel and attraction discounts, and savings on beauty products and gym membership

Time to apply

Ready to become a Mail Sorter and deliver for the people in your local community? Hit the apply button now. If your application is successful, we’ll invite you to an interview. We plan to hold them on from 23/06/25, so make sure you’re available before applying.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/